If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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